Stupid is...as Stupid does

This is the first installment of "Stupid is...as Stupid does", which will highlight individuals who have been "empty heads" (as my soccer coaching buddy, Gerry Cleary, likes to say).  Athletes doing immature or stupid things give other athletes a bad name.  The following are this week's things that make you go hhhmmmm and shake your head.  There are also lots of links to other articles about these topics to further entertain you.  In honor of the huge event starting up this week--NFL Training Camp--we will highlight a trio of diva wide receivers.  Oh, and for the other minor event starting up this week, we'll lead off with an Olympian.

HOPE SOLO 

(USA Women's Soccer Goalie)

After their 3-0 win over Colombia this week during the Olympics, Hope Solo blasted Brandi Chastain. She said that Chastain should "lay off commentating about defending" and goalkeeping "until you get more educated" and "the game has changed from a decade ago."  Well played Hope...You are absolutely right...The game has changed in the last decade...in large part BECAUSE OF Chastain, one of the most decorative women's soccer players in history.  She also happened to be a defender, so I guess she might know a little bit about playing defense at the international level.  Evidently, Solo is standing by her twitter comments concerning Brandi Chastain.  Chastain has so far reacted the way you'd like someone to react.  Instead of calling Solo a spoiled self-entitled snot-nosed brat, she has said that she will just continue to do her job which is to be objective and honest.  I guess Hope Solo has not learned from her past bouts with immaturity (criticizing coaches and teammates and I guess there is that time that she was drunk on THE TODAY SHOW).  She appears to have fallen in love with her own 140-character voice.  She needs to grow up and start being a leader that her teammates and a nation can rally behind.

• Sally Jenkins of THE WASHINGTON POST has an insightful commentary on Hope Solo and her immaturity.